https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/02/nsa_held_hostage/
Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can
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While I think we, all US citizens, would love to know our own government was not spying on us it is unlikely to stop since the genies been let out.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
As we've previously reported, plenty of personal information is available for purchase from commercial data brokers by US government agencies without a warrant.
The Fourth Amendment provides Americans safeguards from unreasonable search and seizures - a protection some, including Senator Wyden, would argue the Feds (and cops to that matter) violate if or when they acquire this info without a warrant.
Wyden said he was told by Uncle Sam's Defense Intelligence Agency that it, for one, was purchasing American citizens' location data, and he made that point public in early 2021.
He said he further pressed the Pentagon for the names of other military agencies buying records of people's whereabouts, browsing histories, and other personal matters, and in March that year got the answers he wanted – but the disclosure was marked "controlled unclassified information" (CUI).
In his statement Wyden makes clear his objections to Haugh's promotion to the rank of general and nomination to the NSA directorship aren't personal nor related to his qualifications.
Wyden's latest effort comes as Congress weighs up the future of FISA Section 702, which is due to expire at the end of this year unless it's reauthorized, and in certain circumstances allows government snoops to analyze US persons' private communications without a warrant.
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So... He doesn't care that companies are selling this information, his only concern is who's buying it? Gee, I wonder how many of these companies selling his constituents information is paying for his campaign?
EU and the UK both put in privacy protections for their citizens. Neither of those are dictatorships
But one lawmaker didn’t impose those laws own his or her own decision.
On his own he is making the NSA publicly accountable.